Slightly Off Topic regarding eBay account

[steve B]

They only allow certain forms of payment. Paypal, Merchant CC processing, and one other online payment place that's a Paypal knockoff with higher fees. I'm not sure, but they may require a seller to take Paypal.

But there'a a loophole in the fine print that allows a seller to take any form of payment they're comfortable with IF the buyer has a reason for not wanting to use Paypal. Like picking up in person, or not having a CC.

I'm not sure you'd find many buyers wiling to take other payments. There are some good things about Paypal, among them the integrated click and ship which gets a tiny discount and free delivery confirmation for priority and cheap DC for first class. With the online postage you don' even have to go to a post office, the carrier picks it up.

Edited to say that a seller can't state in the listing that they will take other payments. You have to ask.

Steve B

[D. Bergin]

Yeah, I'll take any form of payment anybody wants to send to me, but I'm not allowed to say what those might be in the listing.

Just a venue.

[Vintagecatcher]

Thought this article was interesting since this is what I'm experiencing with them as well. (Read the section regarding PayPal.)

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/03/28/yo...28haggler.html


Patrick